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Evidence for multiple binding modes in the initial contact between SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 protein and cell surface glycans. (2022)
Journal Article
Parafioriti, M., Ni, M., Petitou, M., Mycroft‐West, C. J., Rudd, T. R., Gandhi, N. S., …Elli, S. (2023). Evidence for multiple binding modes in the initial contact between SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 protein and cell surface glycans. Chemistry - A European Journal, 29(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202202599

Infection of host cells by SARS-CoV-2 begins with recognition by the virus S (spike) protein of cell surface heparan sulfate (HS), tethering the virus to the extracellular matrix environment, and causing the subunit S1-RBD to undergo a conformational... Read More about Evidence for multiple binding modes in the initial contact between SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 protein and cell surface glycans..

Synthetic Heparan Sulfate Mimetic Pixatimod (PG545) Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 by Disrupting the Spike-ACE2 Interaction. (2022)
Journal Article
Guimond, S., Mycroft-West, C. J., Gandhi, N. S., Tree, J. A., C.Le, T. T., Spalluto, M., …Turnbull, J. E. (2022). Synthetic Heparan Sulfate Mimetic Pixatimod (PG545) Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 by Disrupting the Spike-ACE2 Interaction. ACS Central Science, 8(5), 527 - 545. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.1c01293

Heparan sulfate (HS) is a cell surface polysaccharide recently identified as a coreceptor with the ACE2 protein for the S1 spike protein on SARS-CoV-2 virus, providing a tractable new therapeutic target. Clinically used heparins demonstrate an inhibi... Read More about Synthetic Heparan Sulfate Mimetic Pixatimod (PG545) Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 by Disrupting the Spike-ACE2 Interaction..

Analysis of protein-heparin interactions using a portable SPR instrument (2022)
Journal Article
Su, D., Li, Y., Yates, E., Skidmore, M., Andrade De Lima, M., & Fernig, D. (2022). Analysis of protein-heparin interactions using a portable SPR instrument. PeerJ Analytical Chemistry, 4, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-achem.15

<jats:p>Optical biosensors such as those based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) are a key analytical tool for understanding biomolecular interactions and function as well as the quantitative analysis of analytes in a wide variety of settings. The a... Read More about Analysis of protein-heparin interactions using a portable SPR instrument.